在共和国成立最初的十几年间,国人对中国有环境公害的问题缺乏认识,认为那只是西方资本主义国家的顽症。作为党和国家的重要领导人,周恩来较早地把环境问题当作国家和民族生存发展的长远大计来看待,积极倡导和践行保护环境、造福人类的理念,为新中国的环境保护事业做出了卓越的贡献。 During the first decade of the founding of the Republic, there was a lack of awareness of the issue of environmental pollution in China by the Chinese people as a chronic problem in western capitalist countries. As an important leader of the party and the state, Zhou Enlai earlier regarded the environmental issue as the long-term plan for the survival and development of the country and the nation. He actively advocated and practiced the concept of protecting the environment and the benefit of mankind, and made contributions to the cause of environmental protection in new China Outstanding contribution.